PlainAttorney Register file of Sep 29, 2026 · NY Office of Court Administration, via data.ny.gov

Andrea Ellen Smith

On the New York attorney register since 2013 · office in Houston, TX

PlainAttorney’s reading of the public register file, not a court record.

Registration No.
5095138
Admitted
2013 · First Department
Status
Currently registered
Next registration
May 2027

Andrea Ellen Smith is currently registered on the New York attorney register file of Sep 29, 2026. Admitted in 2013 in the First Department, with an office in Houston, TX; next registration due May 2027. The status is the same in all 3 files we hold.

What this status means on the register

On the register, “Currently registered” means Andrea Ellen Smith has filed the biennial registration the court system requires; the next one is due in May 2027.

  1. Currently registered unchanged
  2. Currently registered unchanged
  3. Currently registered the first file we hold

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; the Jul 3, 2026 and Aug 6, 2026 files for the history.

Others who list this employer on the register

1,147 other attorneys list Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP or one of its other names as their employer on the register; 437 of them were admitted before 2013. The 5 whose admission is closest to 2013, earliest first:

AttorneyAdmittedStatus
Kirk William Anderson2013Currently registered
Scott R. Balterman2013Currently registered
Jessica Cohen Benvenisty2013Currently registered
Jessi Lauren Byer2013Currently registered
Victoria Steele Forrester2013Currently registered

All 1,148 registrations that list Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; employer spellings merged (methodology).

Where this record sits on the register

Andrea Ellen Smith studied at University of Virginia School of Law. 1,243 of its 4,707 living graduates on the register were admitted in the 2010s, as Andrea Ellen Smith was.

Same law school
4,707living graduates; 87.2% registered (current or due), against 87.1% overall
Office in Houston, TX
1,463living registrants (outside New York State)

Of the 1,463 living registrants with an office in Houston, TX, 898 were admitted before 2013 and 517 after.

Source: NY Office of Court Administration, attorney registration file (data.ny.gov, dataset eqw2-r5nb), downloaded Sep 29, 2026; living registrants only.

Questions this record leads to

  1. Everyone who lists Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP1,148 on the register, 437 of the others admitted before 2013.
  2. University of Virginia School of Law graduates on the register4,707 living, 87.2% registered.
  3. New York-admitted attorneys in Houston, TX1,463 living registrants give an office there.
  4. Admitted in 201310,251 people admitted in 2013 are on the register, 2,956 of them through the First Department.
  5. Every registration that reads “Currently registered”286,911 on the register file of Sep 29, 2026, by decade of admission.
  6. What a New York lawyer may chargeThe court rules on fees, retainers and fee disputes, each cited.

How to confirm it officially

For a statement of Andrea Ellen Smith’s standing, contact the Attorney Registration Unit of the NY Office of Court Administration (nycourts.gov/attorneys), or ask the Appellate Division, First Department, which admitted Andrea Ellen Smith in 2013. The register places the office outside New York, so a complaint would go to that department’s grievance committee (22 NYCRR 1240.7(a)(2)).

This page reads the register file of Sep 29, 2026, and the court system’s own search can be newer; the register shows only the current value, so a suspension that ended before the files we hold, or a censure, leaves no trace here (Appellate Division decisions are published through the court system’s Law Reporting Bureau).

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